Gaspard Bruyere

Gaspard Bruyere (1666-) was general of the Kingdom of France. He was the commander of the French army in French Guiana, and Bruyere conquered Dutch Guyana.

Biography
Gaspard Bruyere was born in 1666 in Cayenne, French Guiana, in the Kingdom of France. Bruyere was made the commander of the French Army in Guiana in the winter of 1703 and captured the Dutch city of Paramaribo in Dutch Guyana, adding the vital Dutch mines there to the French war machine. He became the new governor of Guyana, and was in command of the colonial and Indian troops in the city.